Legging.



Patentad Mar. 26, |90l.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JoHN PULLMAN, or TEDDINGTON, ENGLAND.

LEGGING.

SPEGIFGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 670,731, dated March 26, 1901.

Application filed December 10, l900.- Serial No. 39,392. (No model.)

To a/ZZf whom, it rit/,Ly concern,.-

Be it known that I, JOHN PULLMAN, a subject of the Queen pf Great Britain, residing at Teddington, in the county of Middlesex, England, have invented a certain new and useful Legging; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, true, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to leggings, or coverings for the legs; and one object of my improvements is to provide a gaiter fitting the leg from the ankle half-way up to the knee, in combination with a flexible band or puttie one end of which is fixed to the upper end of the gaiter, while the remainder is wound around the leg above the gaiter up to the knee, where it is fastened in a manner hereinafter described.

Another object of my invention is to provide a legging which forms a strong protection against mud, dirt, or injury from any cause for the lower part of the leg and a warm and flexible and comfortable covering above the gaiter up to the knee. The gaiter can be used for walking or riding and is simple and durable. I attain these objects by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a front view of my improved legging, and Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the legging applied to the leg of the wearer.

a is a gaiter, of leather or other suitable material, fitted around the leg of the wearer from the ankle to about the calf, the opening being at the front and one of its vertical edges, b, overlapping the other vertical edge, c, to which it is shown fastened by a diagonally-arranged strap and buckle d near the lower end. The band or puttie e, which constitutes the Lipper part of the combinationlegging, has its lower end attached at f to the upper end of the edge b of the gaiter a., so that it can be wound helically upward around the upper part of the leg below the knee, the separate"`convolutions of the puttie or band overlapping at their edges and fastened together to prevent displacement in any suit- The other end of the puttie or band e is tapered inwidth and provided with a narrow strap at 7e. y

A narrow strapZ is attached at its lower end to the top of the overlapping edge b of the gaiter et, and is wound helically, but in mole or less vertical direction, around the leg under the puttie e, but in the opposite direction to the latter, and its outer end is provided with a separate narrow strap Z', having a buckle m at its end, which lits the strap-7c at the end of' the puttie e. The position of the buckle m may be varied by means of the buckle fn, which attaches its strap Z' to the strap Z.

o is a hole through the puttie or band e in such a position that when the puttie has been wound closely and neatly around 'the leg and around the lower continuation p of the breeches, as shown in Fig. 2, the buckle im4 and strap Z' are passed through the hole 0 to the outside of the puttie e, and the strap It is tightly buckled to the buckle m, the strap Z L having been first passed around the leg in the opposite vdirection `to the puttie or baudv e. The entire legging is then tightly and firmly held upon the leg, as shown in Fig. 2, but can be quickly and easily removed and replaced by unfastening or refastening the buckle fm.

The lower end of the band or puttie e may be fastened to the under vertical edge o of the gaiter d instead of to the overlapping edge, and it may be fastened either upon the i inner or outer side. 1

The gaiter a, as well as the puttie e, may be made of any suitable leather or other materials. For instance, one kind of leather may be used for the gaiter and another kind for the puttie, or the gaiter may be made of a material such as box-cloth and the puttie of `a iiexible woven fabric, such as is now ordinarily used for military purposes. Y All kinds of leather may be used, whethe dressed with or without hair, and all kinds of cloth. v

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a legging, the combination with a gaiter, of a short strap secured to said gaiter, a band secured to saidv gaiter adapted to be IOO wound around the leg, between the top ol". the gaiter a, strap Z, Z', adjusting-buckle n, strap gaiter and the Aknee of the wearer, an opeu- 7c, buckle m, hole 0 through puttie, substaningn said band through which the free end tially as set forth.

of said short strap passes, and means for se- 1n Witness whereof I have hereunto set my 5 curing the free ends of said short strap `md hand in the presence of two Witnesses,

band together, substantially as described.

2. In leggings, the combination of a, lower JOHN PULLMAN' gaiter "a having a vertical opening with over- Witnesses: lapping edges b, c, fastening d, upper hand ARTHUR vERNES'I EDWARDS,

1o or puttie e fastened t0 the upper edge ofthe HERBERT ARTHUR MARSHALL. 

